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S258 24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S116–S348
Promotion of mental health
EW411
Health-seeking attitudes and existing
support services for psychiatric
trainees
E. Conde ∗, A. Lomax , T. Santos , T. Pattyn ,
C. Skjødt , E.R.G. HELP Projec
1 Centro Hospitalar Baixo-Vouga, Departamento Psiquiatria e Saúde
Mental, Aveiro, Portugal
2 University Hospital Lewisham, South London and Maudsley NHS
Foundation Trust, Liaison Service, London, United Kingdom
3 Centro Hospitalar Baixo-Vouga, Departamento de Psiquiatria e
Saúde Mental, Aveiro, Portugal
4 University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
5 Psykiatrisk Center Nordsjælland, Copenhagen, Denmark
6 Switzerland
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Concern formedical doctors’ health has beenwidely
recognized over the past ten years. EFPT is aware of the heterogene-
ity of support set up for doctors in distress, recognizing the need
for further cross-Europe research.
Aims The EFPT “HELP Project” was designed to investigate psy-
chiatry trainees’ perceptions of and attitudes towards health
seeking at a Europe-wide scale. Furthermore, it aims to determine
what services are available in Europe specifically to support physi-
cians’ health.
Methods Multinational, cross-sectional survey conducted in 14
European countries between 2013 and 2014. Data collection was
accomplished by an anonymous online or hard copy questionnaire.
Completion implied consent toparticipate. Datawas analysedusing
SPSS v20.0.
Results Of the respondent trainees, 57.7% were from developed
economies; 46.2% under 30 years; 26.9% males. Ninety-eight per
cent said they would have surgery in the public sector, versus 42.3%
who agree to get treatment there for an eating disorder, depression
(28.8%) or addiction (17.3%). Trainees from developing economies
were significantly less confident in using public sector help for
mental health difficulties. When asked for advice regarding the
same problems in their fellow trainees, they said they would rec-
ommend public sector help. Specific services for doctors exist in
the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Switzerland, but most trainees
said there were no services locally.
Conclusion The EFPT believes specialised physician health ser-
vices are needed to ensure doctors seek helpwhen necessary, while
avoiding feeling stigmatised or punished in doing so. The authors
plan to create a ‘survival guide’ for European trainees in distress,
with collated information about local services for doctors.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW412
The temporal evolution of life
satisfaction in institutionalized
elderly: A longitudinal study
H. Espírito-Santo , S. Guadalupe , L. Lemos ∗, S. Simões , F. Daniel
Miguel Torga Institute, Psychology, Coimbra, Portugal
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Research shows that variables, such as depression,
less functionality and health, less contact with family and others,
may have a negative impact on life satisfaction.
Objectives To verify which variables correlate with satisfaction
with life (SWL) and analyse which of them predict the evolution of
SWL.
Aims To examine correlates and predictors of SWL in institution-
alized elderly.
Methods This study involved a subsidiary longitudinal analysis
of cross-sectional data gathered at Phase I (2010–2012; n = 493
elderly) and after 36months at Phase II (2013–2014; n = 85) of Aging
Trajectories Project from Miguel Torga University College.
Results At Phase I, higher scores in SWL scale correlated with
having visits (r= 0.17; P < 0.01), specially from family (r= 0.20;
P < 0.01), less depressive (r = –0.42; P < 0.001) and anxiety symp-
toms (r = –0.25; P < 0.001), less loneliness feelings ( r = –0.37;
P < 0.001), less functionality (r = 0.15; P < 0.01), and better general
physical health ( r = 0.25; P < 0.001). Age, sex, civil status, cognitive,
and executive status did not correlate with SWL. SWL, depres-
sive and anxiety symptoms, and loneliness feelings were stable
through time, between assessment stages (P < 0.01). The worsening
of depression and loneliness through time predicted the nega-
tive evolution of SWL (respectively, ˇ = 1.16; P < 0.01; ˇ = –0.69;
P < 0.05).
Conclusions These findings highlight the relevance of early
detecting depressed mood and loneliness feelings in institution-
alized elderly, and the importance of the treatment and the
development of preventive interventions for this vulnerable popu-
lation.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EW413
Attitudes toward psychiatry and
psychiatric patients in medical
students: Can real-world experiences
reduce stigma?
M. Pascucci ∗, E. Stella , M. La Montagna , A. De Angelis ,
P. Parente i Nunzio Ventriglio ellomo aniri
G. Pozzi
1 University of Foggia, Institute of Psychiatry, Foggia, Italy
2 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Psychiatry,
Rome, Italy
3 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Institute of Hygiene &
Public Health, Rome, Italy
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Stigma towards psychiatry and mental illness sig-
nificantly worsens the quality of life of psychiatric patients.
Negative prejudices in medical students make it difficult for future
doctors to send patients to mental health services and promote an
increased risk of premature death.
Aims Our aim is to assess stigma towards mental illness and psy-
chiatry inmedical students, and to study the influence of real-world
experiences, such as having visited a psychiatric ward, having per-
sonally met a psychiatric patient or having friends and/or family
members who suffer from a mental illness.
Methods One hundred and thirteen Italian medical students
completed the following tests:
– Attitudes Towards Psychiatry (ATP-30);
– Community Attitudes Towards Mental Ill (CAMI);
– Perceived Discrimination Devaluation Scale (PDD);
– Baron-Cohen’s Empathy Quotient (EQ).
Results Having visited a psychiatric ward correlates with a bet-
ter attitude towards psychiatry (P = 0.008), rather than towards
the mentally ill. Having personally known someone with men-
tal disorders correlates with less stigmatizing scores in CAMI:
total score ( P = 0.002), authoritarianism (P < 0.001), benevolence
(P = 0.047) and social restriction (P = 0.001). Similar results emerged
in those who have close relationships with a psychiatric patient.
There is no statistical significance as to empathy.
Conclusions The students who have visited a psychiatric ward
have a less stigmatizing vision of psychiatry, while having